poetry Goliath

The Paris-based poet Judith Mahoney Pasternak puts the story of David & Goliath into a contemporary un-Biblical perspective.

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Goliath

By Judith Mahoney Pasternak

How do you feel now,

You who were David for three thousand years,

The lone shepherd boy,

Armed only with stones, against a monster

Who would destroy your people,

And only you to save them?

 

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How do you feel now

To have nothing to fear but the mirror

That reflects only you,

Yourself become the monster, armed to the teeth,

Against a lone shepherd boy,

Armed only with stones?

Judith Mahoney Pasternak is a long-time U.S. writer and journalist in the progressive media, a feminist activist, and an advocate for peace, justice, and Palestinian self-determination. She lives in Paris.